employer
Example Sentences
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The teenagers are believed to have upset their employer.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
He said Lavrynovych had seemed "very irritated" and "kept talking about money", particularly an employer who had not paid him for two months.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
It matters because of what it signals to every other newsroom watching — every executive calculating the cost of compliance versus resistance, every journalist wondering whether their employer will protect them.
From Salon • May 13, 2026
Walmart is the country’s largest private employer, with around 1.6 million U.S. employees, many hourly workers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
“Did you know that your employer, M. Ratchett, was the principal instigator in that affair?”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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